Chapter 319: The Second Stage of the Chase (4k)

The few people who wanted to speak fell silent.

Zhao Xun did not explain anything as they imagined.

Instead, he used [Psychic Power] to hypnotize.

After brainwashing one by one, everyone reported their number cards honestly.

Zhao Xun showed a satisfied look.

This saves a lot of time than finding excuses to explain, and there is no need to guard against them reporting false numbers.

From the numbers reported by everyone, it can be determined that they are 1 to 11.

Very regular.

The name of this game is [Hide and Seek Campus], and the content of the game should be related to "hide and seek".

The first stage of finding objects is considered "hide and seek" between people and objects, so the second stage should become "hide and seek" between people.

If it is just hide and seek between players, then maybe they will take turns to be the "hide and seeker" according to the order of the number cards, or maybe they will be divided into groups according to odd and even numbers.

The specific situation will be known when the rules are announced in the second stage.

Now he will remember the number of each player's number card, which may be useful later.

Zhao Xun lifted the hypnotic effect, and the players returned to normal.

However, under the effect of hypnosis, everyone forgot what Zhao Xun said last, and started discussing the silver medal.

"I think everyone should take out the silver medals," the woman in the bright red down jacket said righteously, "We have to make sure that all five silver medals are found. If there are any missing ones, we can still look for them. We can't waste time like this."

"Tsk~" the short ponytail man snorted disdainfully.

The woman was annoyed: "Why are you being so sarcastic?"

"We are not fools. We all know what you are thinking. Don't pretend to be good for everyone." The short ponytail man exposed her bluntly, "Don't you just want to know who has the silver medal so that you can find an opportunity to snatch it?"

The woman was not panicked by her thoughts being exposed. Instead, she said confidently: "The possibility I mentioned does exist. In order to ensure the clearance, is there any problem in confirming the number of silver medals found?"

"There are only a few minutes left before the end of the first stage. Even if we really don't find all the silver medals, we don't have time to find them again." The short ponytail man snorted coldly, "What's the point of confirming the number of silver medals?"

This time, the woman was really stuck.

Zhao Xun glanced at the short ponytail man calmly.

The short ponytail man's reaction... he should have a silver medal in his hand.

Those who don't have silver medals must hope that others can reveal their silver medals.

Those who obstruct this behavior must have silver medals in their hands and don't want other players to snatch them away.

It's just that the short ponytail man's performance was too obvious, and other players should be able to guess it...

Just as Zhao Xun's thought came to mind, the lame man standing next to the short ponytail man suddenly stretched out his hand towards the short ponytail man.

The short ponytail man had been prepared, and the moment the lame man made a move, he quickly stepped back.

"I advise you not to do it." The short ponytail man narrowed his eyes dangerously, "There are only a few minutes left, and the first stage is over. If you insist on fighting me at this time, whether you will die or get injured, it will not be conducive to surviving in the second stage."

After saying that, he sneered: "Or do you think you can have an overwhelming chance of winning against me?"

The lame man did not move.

He did hesitate.

His inconvenient legs and feet are already a disadvantage, not to mention that he does not think that his special ability has any advantage over the west.

He wants to get the silver medal, which means he wants to have more chances to pass the second stage, but if the price is injury, it is not worth it.

When the lame man was hesitant, Zhao Xun had already moved.

He used [Instant Body] to quickly appear in front of the short-ponytailed man.

The short-ponytailed man was startled and instinctively wanted to escape.

But before he could act, he was confused by Zhao Xun's slightly shining eyes.

Zhao Xun hypnotized the short-ponytailed man again and asked him to hand over his silver medal.

This time he only hypnotized the short-ponytailed man. The other players clearly saw that the short-ponytailed man did not struggle or resist, and just handed over his silver medal obediently. They immediately widened their eyes in astonishment.

They could not hear what Zhao Xun said to the short-ponytailed man, nor could they see what expression Zhao Xun had with his back to them, but from the short-ponytailed man's behavior, they had to guess that Zhao Xun should have threatened the short-ponytailed man.

Is Zhao Xun so powerful?

Just a threat made the short-ponytailed man dare not even resist?

Of course, the hip-hop man and the dog-chewing head had seen Zhao Xun's strength and were much calmer than other players.

After Zhao Xun took the silver medal from the short-ponytailed man, a pop-up window appeared above everyone on the public screen.

[Congratulations to all players for completing the first stage of the collective task. Each player successfully matched a number card. The silver medal is fixed and cannot be snatched. Each player gets 50 points. ]

At the same time, a personal pop-up window popped up in front of Zhao Xun.

[Congratulations to player Zhao Xun for getting 50 hours of survival time. ]

Immediately afterwards, two new lines of text scrolled out on the public screen pop-up window.

[Congratulations to all players for getting the clearance tips for the second stage of the game. ]

[The tips are as follows: It's lonely at the top. ]

"What...what does this mean?" The hip-hop man was a little confused. "Isn't this prompt too general? I thought that I should at least tell you what situations are dangerous, or what you can do to save your life."

Although the other players didn't say anything, their thoughts were similar to the hip-hop man.

This prompt is too vague.

Does it mean that you can’t forget to walk high?

Or do you mean you can’t go to places that are too cold?

Or is there something high up there?

The dog gnawed its head and whispered, "Maybe after the rules for the second phase are announced, you can understand the meaning of this prompt based on the rules."

The other players listened and felt that it made sense, so they nodded subconsciously.

Soon, the text on the public screen scrolled and changed again.

[The rules for the second stage are as follows:]

[First, 11 players and 11 NPCs form two teams respectively to engage in alternating pursuit battles. 】

[Each round of chasing battle lasts seven hours, a total of six rounds. 】

[Second, as the chasing party, you can kill the escaping party in any way. 】

[As the fleeing party, you can only defend, escape and hide, but cannot counterattack the chasing party. 】

[Third, when NPC is the chasing party, they will be hunted in the order of player number cards, from small to large. 】

[Even if the player with the higher number is found first, he will not kill this player. 】

[If players want to ensure 100% avoidance of NPC pursuit, there is only one way, please refer to [Level Clearing Tips]. 】

[Fourth, when a player becomes the chasing party, he needs to be the "main hunter" in the order of the number cards owned by the surviving players, in ascending order. 】

[The "main hunter" performs the hunting operation, and other players can only assist in the hunt. 】

[NPCs have different weaknesses, and you need to target them to successfully kill them. 】

[Special treatment: Players with silver medals can use their silver medals to counterattack the chasing side when they become the escaping side. 】

[A silver medal can only be used once. 】

[Successfully kill all NPCs, or after the second stage game time expires, all players who are still alive can clear the game. 】

The rules pop-up window stayed for two minutes and then disappeared.

A new pop-up window appears here.

[Since the players successfully completed the first phase of the mission, they will be the chasing party in the first round and hunt down the NPCs who became the escaping party. 】

[The total number of NPCs is 11. 】

[The campus radio will broadcast the battle situation in real time so that the chasing and escaping parties can adjust their strategies at any time. 】

[The first half hour of each round of pursuit is the hiding time for the escaping party. 】

[Since it took about ten minutes to announce the rules in the first round, the hiding time of the escaping party in this round is only twenty minutes. 】

[The first round of chasing battle officially begins. 】

The next second, a huge screen appeared in mid-air, and the seven-hour countdown began.

Calculated from 06:50:00.

The 11 players looked at each other and soon got closer to each other.

The rules of this game make it clear that there is no conflict of interest or hostility between players, but rather they are comrades on the same front.

They don't have to be as wary of each other as they were before.

"Fortunately, we cleared the first stage of the game," the hip-hop man sighed, "otherwise we would have been on the escape side in the first round of the chase, and there would be no time to discuss tactics or anything like that."

"Yes, yes," the lame man also showed a happy look, "and I also got a prompt. This is a prompt that can 100% avoid NPC pursuit. As long as we understand the prompt content, all of us will have no problem clearing the level. ah!"

The bespectacled man adjusted his eyes and put forward his guess: "Since this is a reminder to avoid the NPC pursuit, then the meaning of 'It's cold at high places', I think it means that we should run to high places and not stay in the cold places. out."

"Are you sure?" The woman in red questioned, "Why do I think this means we should not forget to go to high places and stay in low places?"

"'It's cold at high places' literally means 'Standing at high places, you can't stand the cold'," the man with glasses analyzed calmly, "This sentence does not say that you will die if you stay at high places, it just means that you will die if you stay at high places. It feels cold at high places, so my understanding is that as long as we can tolerate the cold at high places, we can be safe.”

The man in glasses looked at the woman in red and continued: "If we are told not to go to high places, it should imply that death may occur at high places, or there may be danger, but 'feeling cold' is far from 'death' Degree."

"I admit that your analysis makes some sense," the woman in red did not express her objections very fiercely. She just said, "But this is just your own idea. There is no evidence to prove that your speculation is correct."

After a pause, she glanced at the other players, as if she wanted to seek approval: "Besides, it's so cold that it can freeze people to death."

"How can there be any evidence for this?" The hip-hop man couldn't help but complain, "Unless someone tests it himself."

"I think what you both said makes sense." The dog scratched his head and scratched his messy hair, feeling a little headache. "This is too difficult for me. I don't know which one is the right choice."

"We can put this matter aside for now." Zhao Xun said, "There are still more than six hours until the second round of chasing. During this period, we still have time to think about what this prompt means. When we catch the NPC, Maybe we can get some useful information out of it.”

"What you said makes sense!" The hip-hop man and the dog chewed their heads expressed their agreement almost in unison.

Other players did not object.

Capturing NPCs and interrogating them is indeed more likely to get the correct answer than guessing here.

"Now, let's analyze the rules of the second stage of the game and some precautions." Zhao Xun smiled slightly and continued, "If you want as many players as possible to survive until the end of the game, you must kill all NPCs as soon as possible, so that the chase will end early."

"Yes, that's right!" The short ponytail man nodded fiercely, "If we can kill all NPCs in the first round of the chase, then we don't need to analyze what the hint means, and all players can survive!"

"Indeed," the red-dressed woman also nodded, "If it can go so smoothly, it would be great."

"I think you are too idealistic." The man with glasses poured a basin of cold water, "Although each round of the chase has a chase time of six and a half hours, the school is so big, it is not an easy task to find all NPCs in six and a half hours."

He glanced at Zhao Xun and reminded him, "Besides, we need to target the weaknesses of different NPCs to kill them. It will probably take a lot of time to determine their weaknesses."

"You are right," Zhao Xun smiled, "So, I just said that we 'kill all NPCs as soon as possible', not that we 'can kill all NPCs' in the first round. The meanings of these two sentences are completely different."

The man with glasses smiled awkwardly, "I thought you had the same idea as them."

"I don't think as beautiful as they think." Zhao Xun shrugged and said, "After the second round of pursuit begins, we have to hide in all directions, so I want to make a rough plan now. Next, I hope you don't interrupt me anymore. Wait until I finish speaking, and then you can express your opinions."

The players nodded and shut up honestly.

Zhao Xun then spoke out all his analysis:

"NPCs have numerical restrictions on killing players. The higher the ranking, the better they need to hide, which is good for all players. In other words, when necessary, players with higher numbers can protect players with lower numbers and stop NPCs from chasing them."

"However, the rules only say that NPCs will not kill players with higher numbers in advance, so tying them up, imprisoning them, breaking their legs and carrying them with them are all OK. As for players who are escaping, they cannot kill the NPCs who are chasing them."

"Therefore, it is best for players with silver medals to do the blocking work, so that they can still fight back."

At this point, Zhao Xun glanced at everyone, and everyone nodded in unison, indicating that they understood.

"Now the ownership of the silver medal has been fixed, and others cannot compete for it. Who else has a silver medal, take the initiative to say it." Zhao Xun paused, then said, "I have three silver medals." (End of this chapter)